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107104 

Vol. 89, No. 250 

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Black Hills National 

Forest Advisory Board will hold a 

public meeting according to the details 

shown below. The committee is 

authorized under the Forest and 

Rangeland Renewable Resources 

Planning Act of 1974, the National 

Forest Management Act of 1976, the 

Federal Public Lands Recreation 

Enhancement Act, and operates in 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of 

the committee is to provide advice and 

recommendations on a broad range of 

forest issues such as forest plan 

revisions or amendments, forest health 

including fire, insect and disease, travel 

management, forest monitoring and 

evaluation, recreation fees, and sitespecific projects having forest-wide 

implications. 

DATES: An in-person meeting will be 

held on January 15, 2025, 1:00 p.m.– 

4:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time 

(MST). 

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone 

wishing to provide in-person oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. MST on January 10, 2025. Written 

public comments will be accepted by 

11:59 p.m. MST on January 10, 2025. 

Comments submitted after this date will 

be provided to the Agency, but the 

Committee may not have adequate time 

to consider those comments prior to the 

meeting. 

All board meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under For Further 

Information Contact. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in 

person, at the U.S. Forest Service, 

Mystic Ranger District Office, 8221 

Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, 

South Dakota 57702. Board information 

and meeting details can be found at the 

following website: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/ 

workingtogether/advisorycommittees or 

by contacting the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be sent by email to 

scott.j.jacobson@usda.gov or via mail 

(i.e., postmarked) to Scott Jacobson, 

8221 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid 

City, South Dakota, 57702. The Forest 

Service strongly prefers comments be 

submitted electronically. 

Oral Comments: Persons or 

organizations wishing to make oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. MST, January 10, 2025, and 

speakers can only register for one 

speaking slot. Oral comments must be 

sent by email to scott.j.jacobson@

usda.gov or via mail (i.e., postmarked) 

to Scott Jacobson, 8221 Mount 

Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South 

Dakota 57702. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shawn Cochran, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), by phone at 605–673– 

9201, or email at shawn.cochran@

usda.gov, or Scott Jacobson, Committee 

Coordinator at 605–440–1409 or email 

at scott.j.jacobson@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting agenda will include: 

1. Annual Ethics Training; 

2. LiDAR update; 

3. Forest Plan Revision update; and 

4. Managing Recreation on the Forest. 

The agenda will include time for 

individuals to make oral statements of 

three minutes or less. Individuals 

wishing to make an oral statement 

should make a request in writing at least 

three days prior to the meeting date to 

be scheduled on the agenda. Written 

comments may be submitted to the 

Forest Service up to 7 days after the 

meeting date listed under DATES. 

Please contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, by 

or before the deadline, for all questions 

related to the meeting. All comments, 

including names and addresses when 

provided, are placed in the record and 

are available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received upon request. 

Meeting Accommodations: The 

meeting location is compliant with the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, and the 

USDA provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpretation, assistive listening 

devices, or other reasonable 

accommodation to the person listed 

under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section or contact USDA’s 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TTY) or USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Equal opportunity practices, in 

accordance with USDA policies, will be 

followed in all membership 

appointments to the Committee. To 

ensure that the recommendations of the 

Committee have taken into account the 

needs of the diverse groups served by 

the Department, membership shall 

include, to the extent practicable, 

individuals with demonstrated ability to 

represent the many communities, 

identities, races, ethnicities, 

backgrounds, abilities, cultures, and 

beliefs of the American people, 

including underserved communities. 

Dated: December 16, 2024. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30432 Filed 12–30–24; 8:45 am] 

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